Musée Archéologique d’Istanbul no. 5761/5764
= Daskyleion 1
Metadata
- Collection
- Istanbul Archaeology Museums | Istanbul (Public)
- Genres
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- Stele
- Inscription | Monumental
- Inscription | Personal
- Blessing
- Inscription | Grave
- Inscription | NPŠ
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unclear
- Acquired
- Unknown [1964]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Dimensions
- 0.525m x 2.88m x 0.58m
- Material
- Stone | Marble | Marmor
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian 550 to 332 [Persian]
- References
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- Cross, Frank Moore 1966.
- Dupont-Sommer, André 1966.
- Lipiński, Edward 1975. p. 1:150–153.
- Nollé, Margret Karola 1992. pp. 11–16.
- Nollé, Margret Karola 1992. pp. 11–16, Taf. 1–2.
- 1971. no. 318.
General Notes
According to Nollé, "im Oktober 1964 bei dem Dorf Aksakal/Distrikt Bandirma als Spolie an einem byzantinishcen Grab gefunden" (p.11).
Neither the report of Dupont-Sommer via Dolunay (p. 7) nor Mellink (p. 148) make it clear who discovered the stele nor its context. Mellink notes that in response to the discoveries "A further investigation of the necropolis is being planned."
Cross, Frank Moore. “An Aramaic Inscription from Daskyleion.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 184 (1966): 7–10.
Donner, Herbert, and Wolfgang Röllig, eds. Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. 5., erw. Und überarbeitete Aufl. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1971.
Dupont-Sommer, André. “Une inscription araméenne inédite d’époque perse trouvée à Daskyléion (Turquie).” Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 110, no. 1 (1966): 44–58. https://doi.org/10.3406/crai.1966.11934.
Lipiński, Edward. Studies in Aramaic Inscriptions and Onomastics. 2 vols. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 1, 57. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1975.
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
This is the stele ˀElnaf son of ˀAšay.
He made (it) for his soul-monument/NPŠ. I adjure you (m.s.) (by)
Bel and Nabû; he who (4) passees (3) this path,
may none harm.
Moore, James D.. 'Musée Archéologique d’Istanbul no. 5761/5764 .' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12214. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.